More Book Talk

Well, I finished The Queene's Cure today, and I must say I quite enjoyed it. It was a pretty good mystery set against the fascinating background of Elizabethan England. The characters were realistic and well written, the dialog was compelling, and the descriptive sections kept the story moving at a good pace.

However, I did find Elizabeth I a difficult heroine to like. I imagine she was a difficult person to like in real life. I was speculating on this to one of my coworkers who trained as a historian before she heard the siren song of librarianship, and she agreed with that assessment. I told her I was thinking of reading a biography of Elizabeth I so she recommended one by Carolly Erickson entitled The First Elizabeth.

Erickson, Carolly. The First Elizabeth. New York: Summit Books, 1983. For those of you wanting the complete citation in MLA format. You know who you are.

I usually try to not read anything too scholarly during the summer, but if I mix this up with another vampire novel, I should be able to keep my brain rotting at a decent rate. :-)